Hog-ring.



No. 779,502. PATENTED JAN. 10, 1905. WI. RICHARDS.

HOG RING.

APPLICATION FILED JAN. 19-, 1904.

witnesses I Inventor 6U UNITED STATES Patented January 10, 1905..

WILLIAM F. RICHARDS, OF BUSSEY, 101V A.

HOG-RING.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 779,502, dated January 10, 1905. Application filed January 19, 1904. Serial No. 189,777.

To (I/ZZ whom it may concern.-

Be it known that 1, WILLIAM F. RICHARDS, a citizen of the United States, residing at Bussey, in the county of Marion and State of Iowa, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Hog-Rings, of which the following is a specification.

The objects of my invention are to provide a ring designed to be attached to the end of a hogs nose to prevent it from rooting and so constructed that the ring will not be easily detached from the end of the nose when the animal starts to root. In the devices now in use for this purpose a single ring is often used and passed through the cartilage in the upper central portion of the end of the nose. This single ring is very often pulled out by the animal and has to be replaced. By the use of my ring the pulling out of the ring is obviated toa great extent on account of the construc-- tion of it and the way in which it is attached to the nose.

A further object is to provide a ringer for attaching these rings readily and easily to the nose of the animal.

My invention consists in certain details in the construction, arrangement, and combination of the various parts of the device whereby the objects contemplated are attained, as hereinafter more fully set forth. pointed out in my claim, and illustrated in the accompanying drawings, in which- Figure 1 shows the end of the hogs nose with my ring attached to it. Fig. 2 shows the ring detached from the hogs nose as it appears before it is attached. Fig. 3is a detail view of the ring in the shape when it is upon thenose of the animal. In this view the ring is removed to show its parts clearly. Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the ringer; and Fig. 5 is an end view of the ringer, showing the jaws in an open position.

Referring to the accompanying drawings, it will be seen that my ring is made of a single piece of wire having the straight bar therein, with the loops 11 and 12 formed at the ends thereof, and attached to these loops 11 and 12 are the substantially circular portions 13 and 1 1, respectively. The ends 15 of these circular portions are slightly sharpened, so

that they can be more easily attached to the end of the hogs nose. After the points 15 have been passed through the end of the nose 16 they are designed to enter the loops 11 and 12, so that the circular portions 13 and 14 will engage the inner portions of the rings 11 and 12, respectively, as shown clearly in Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. \Vhen the device is attached to the end of the hogs nose, the bar 10 will rest against the forward surface of it, and as the hog roots and forces the ends 15 of the circular portions 13 and 1a downwardly the part 10 will be forced against the forward surface of the nose and the hog will be pre vented from rooting.

It will be seen that as the portions 13 and 14: are pushed downwardly and rearwardly the upper parts of each of the circular portions 13 and 14; will be raised upwardly and thrown out of engagement with the upper part of the end of the hogs nose. This will prevent to a great extent the drawing of the rings on the end of the nose when the hog is rooting-that is to say, the pressure of the part 10 against the end of the nose will prevent the drawing on the part of the nose through which the circular portions 13 and 14 are passed, and thus the ring will be prevented from being pulled out from the nose of the hog easily. Then, too, there is a cartilage at the end of the nose at the point 17, and owing to the arrangement of my ring the parts 13 and 14 are sufficiently far apart to enter the nose at each end of this cartilage, and as the nose is more tender outside of the cartilage there will be less danger of the hogs rooting when the ring passes through this portion of the nose, and yet all the advantage of putting the ring through the cartilage will be obtained, owing to the fact that the part 10 rests against the cartilage when the hog is rooting. It will be seen by the above that the animal is more effectually prevented from rooting owing to the ring being attached to a tender portion of the nose, and yet the ring will not be easily pulled out, owing to its construction.

Referring to Figs. 4C. and 5, it will be seen that a ringer is provided for attaching this ring to the nose of the animal. The numeral 18 represents one of the parts of the device having the jaw 19 at its forward end, and the numeral 20 represents the other part of the device having the jaw 21 at its forward end. The parts are pivotally attached together by means of the bolt 22, which is immediately behind the jaws 19 and 21. In the jaw 21, which 1 will term the lower jaw for convenience, there is a groove 23 extending across it, having the depressions 24; at each end thereof and extending forwardly a slight distance. The slots 25 extend rearwardly from each end of the'slot 23. In the jaw 19, which I will call the upper jaw for convenience, are the curved slots 26 and 27. In using this ringer the loops 11 and 12 are placed in the depressions 24C and the cross-piece 10 rests in the groove 23. The semicircular portions 13 and 14 rest in the slots 25 and the slots 26 and 27, respectively. The ring is placed in this ringer when it is in the condition shown in Fig. 2 of the drawings. The hogs nose is then placed between the points 15 and the loops 11 and 12. The handles of the ringer are then drawn toward each other and the hogs nose is pressed between the points 15, and these points will enter the loops 11 and 12 and the ends of the circular portions 13 and 1 1 will be bent downwardly a slight distance, as shown in' Figs. 1 and 3 of the drawings. By the use of this ringer it will be seen that my ring can be easily attached to the nose or the animal.

Having thus described my invention, what 1 claim, and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States therefor, is

A hog-ring made of a single piece of wire comprising a bar, a circular loop formed at each end of the bar by bending the ends of the wire toward each other and outside of the bar; a substantially circular portion connected with each of the loops and designed to be passed through the end of a hogs nose, through said loops, and then bent downwardly to hold the free ends of the semicircular portions in engagement with said loops.

WVILLIAM F. RICHARDS.

Witnesses:

WILLIAM ANsPACI-I, J. E. SUNDILAND. 

